Olav Krigolson - Inside the Heads of Astronauts, Baseball Players, and Monks

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Health & Fitness

4.2 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Olav Krigolson is a neuroscientist looking at decision making and learning in the brain using electroencephalogram (EEG). He’s studied professional athletes and Mars astronauts, and trekked to Himalayan monasteries, to see how the brains of master meditators differ from our own. We are joined for this fascinating conversation by Graeme Moffat, chief scientist for Muse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
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0:28.7	On the beach.
0:34.0	Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from Five Star App Meditation Studio.
0:38.9	I'm Patricia Carpus, co-founder of meditation studio and your host on Untangle, along with my co-hosts today, Ariel Garten.
0:46.8	Join us each week as we introduce you to authors, experts, and thought leaders who share their stories on how meditation and mindfulness practices
0:54.7	have the power to change our lives. You can check out the Meditation Studio app in the App Store
1:00.2	where you'll find over 500 meditations on everything from sleep, stress, and anxiety
1:05.7	to happiness, motivation, confidence, and so much more. All designed to inspire you to solve the big and little
1:14.1	challenges we face in life and to be your best self every day. It's like having a little inspirational
1:20.6	coach in your pocket. And we just launched two beautiful new sleep collections with music for you and your kiddos. Check it out.
1:30.2	Today, join Muse co-founder, neuroscientist, Brainiac, and Untangle co-host, Ariel Garten,
1:37.4	as she goes inside the head of her amazing guests.
1:42.9	Hello and welcome everybody. My name is Ariel Garden. In every episode we get inside the
1:48.4	head of those who are skilled in the mental arts, neuroscientists, psychotherapists, people who
1:53.0	understand how the brain works, how to optimize it, and how to manage the crazy in all of our
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